Monday, June 27, 2005

Famous

Sorry also to new readers for the lack of updated content. This isn't really our fault; as noted below "Aaronovitch Watch" is in the market for a powerful telescope, second hand. Meantime, here's a nugget from Matthew Norman's Media Diary

A PERSONAL GROOMING development at The Times. New signing David Aaronovitch, makeweight in the transfer deal that took Simon Jenkins to The Guardian, has ditched the wispy strip of hair running from below the centre of his bottom lip to his chin - a look favoured by various members of So Solid Crew. The resulting boost in gravitas is estimated by leading academics such as Professors Peter Cole and Donald Trelford at anything between 25-45 per cent. It is thought likely that, in a tough no-nonsense counterstrike, Sir Simon will be fitting a tongue stud, but this has yet to be confirmed.

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It is a non-salary cost of moving from the Guardian that the Times appears to get its byline pics from a Photo-Me booth, meaning that Decent Dave doesn't have the attention of a talented photographer ("look downward", "wear black", "grow a goatee") to help make him look weighty and solid rather than merely fat.